rationally

ra·tion·al (r

-n

adj.

1. Having or exercising the ability to reason.

2. Of sound mind; sane.

3. Consistent with or based on reason; logical: rational behavior. See Synonyms at logical.

4. Mathematics Capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers.

n. Mathematics

A rational number.

[Middle English racional, from Old French racionel, from Latin ratinlis, from rati, ratin-, reason; see reason.]

ration·al·ly adv.

ration·al·ness n.

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Adv.

rationally - in a rational manner; "we must act rationally"

irrationally - in an irrational manner; "they acted irrationally"

Translations

rationally [ˈræʃnəlɪ] ADV → racionalmente

rationally [ˈræʃ^ənəli] adv [think, behave, act] → rationnellement
ration book n → carnet m de rationnement
ration card n → carte f de rationnement
ration coupon n → carte f de rationnement

rationally

adv act, behave, think → vernünftig, rational; (Med) → bei klarem Verstand; rationally (speaking), it should be possible to do it → rational gesehen sollte es möglich sein

rationally [ˈræʃnəlɪ] adv (behave, speak, think) → razionalmente

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It is to be remarked, in passing, that when a man begins to drink rationally and intelligently that he betrays a grave symptom of how far along the road he has travelled.

John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context

The youthful infatuation of nineteen would naturally blind him to every thing but her beauty and good nature; but the four succeeding years--years, which if rationally spent, give such improvement to the understanding, must have opened his eyes to her defects of education, while the same period of time, spent on her side in inferior society and more frivolous pursuits, had perhaps robbed her of that simplicity which might once have given an interesting character to her beauty.

Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context

What has made them conceive that man must want a rationally advantageous choice?

Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

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